§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress he has made in the reform of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. [110590]
§ Mrs. RocheThe Immigration and Nationality Directorate has continued to operate an efficient port control, facilitating the arrival in the United Kingdom of nearly 90 million passengers (returning residents, tourists, 823W business travellers, students and others), while preventing the admission of those not entitled to enter and removing many not entitled to stay. Workload pressures and operational difficulties have slowed dispatch of asylum and other casework, but the ground has been laid for recovery. A new legislative framework has been established for the future conduct of immigration and asylum business in the interests of the economic growth and social stability of the United Kingdom.